tar
tar
subs.
P. and V. πίσσᾰ, ἡ (Aesch. Frag.).
Cover with tar, v. trans.: Ar. also P. κᾰτᾰπισσοῦν.
subs.
P. and V. πίσσᾰ, ἡ (Aesch. Frag.).
Cover with tar, v. trans.: Ar. also P. κᾰτᾰπισσοῦν.
TAR
s. pix liquida (Vitr. Plin.); also simply pix (Verg. Vitr.): a tar-pot *pyxis picis liquidae servandae.
s. pix liquida (Vitr. Plin.); also simply pix (Verg. Vitr.): a tar-pot *pyxis picis liquidae servandae.
v. pice (liquida) illinere or ungere or munire; picare aliquid (Plin. Suet. Vitr.).
tar: pix lĭquĭda, Plin. 24, 7, 24: mineral t., maltha, id. 2, 104, 108: or naphtha, id. 2, 105, 109 (a kind of petroleum): to t., pice liquida illinere, after id. 29, 6, 34, § 110: to give vessels a thick coat of t., vasa crasse picare, Col. 12, 43, 5: t. from the pines of Ida, Idaeae pices, Virg. G. 3, 450: the t.'d ship, uncta carina, id. Aen. 4, 398: a t.-pot, *vas picis liquidae servandae.